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[ckohler]

*dead*

 

[Rentahamster]

 

[ATOMICJORGE]

Battlefield 4 it's pretty good

 

[johnnydrama]

Metal Gear Solid V.

 

[Vally]

wow lol

 

[Kezen]

I'm in awe before AC Unity's animation, the running one seems so....natural.

 

[Summer Haze]

Reminds me of this:

 

[themagicalkitsune]

 

[Caronte]

Lightning/Snow in Final Fantasy XIII. I don't know why. They feel "heavy" and I like it for some reason.

 

[Kindekuma]

I was going to say this as well. Running as Big Boss feels and looks weighty and it's super impressive.

Ah, so satisfying to watch.

 

[Genio88]

MGSV and Tomb Raider for me

 

[Leynos]

Treasure Master strut immediately came to mind, but I had somehow completely forgotten about smug-as-fuck Pac-Man. This wins, hands down.

 

[RowdyReverb]

I wish this were a game.

 

[rhandino]

Eek! I do like how when he goes running uphill o downhill you can see how he adjust his pose and weight, really cool touch.

 

[Kindekuma]

Eek! I do like how when he goes running uphill o downhill you can see how he adjust his pose and weight, really cool touch.

Yeah Square's IK and FK rigs for FFXV are really well done.

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

Dead Island's 3rd person mode.

 

[Shrike_Priest]

Flashback

This is one of the few places where I think that the term GOAT might actually be literally applicable.

As awesome as MGSV and Assassin's Creed are, they can get weird at high speeds and suffer from some jank in transitions. Flashback was ON POINT. 20 fps animations and super rigid rules made every single animation work beautifully and perfectly.

And while Symphony of the Night is super fluid, the animation itself looks a little unnatural. There's very little weight to Alucard's running. In Flashback there is real weight to it.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Battlefield 4 it's pretty good

This'll have to do. DICE has some great animations.

 

[DeadlyParasite]

Does wall-running count?

 

[super-famicom]

 

[jackal27]

All of you people posting about Xenoblade X and you've forgotten that the sprint animation is the GOAT!

 

[Kyonashi]

Someone post a Canabalt gif!

 

[CopperPuppy]

Dead Island's 3rd person mode.

Holy fuck. Is this legit?

My contribution: I know the series itself is divisive, but Assassin's Creed games absolutely nail character locomotion. The running animations specifically of Connor and Arno, in ACIII and Unity, respectively, are top-tier.

 

[Salsa]

Holy fuck. Is this legit?

game doesnt have a thrid person mode. It's a mod, you're not supposed to be able to see that.

 

[exfatal]

the better animation obviously

also really like Palutena running animation

 

[jackal27]

Just because I haven't had enough of Xenoblade Chronicles X's sprint animation:

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

Holy fuck. Is this legit?

My contribution: I know the series itself is divisive, but Assassin's Creed games absolutely nail character locomotion. The running animations specifically of Connor and Arno, in ACIII and Unity, respectively, are top-tier.

It was patched out, but it was at one point.

also really like Palutena running animation

Sonic with the bunny hood on Big Blue could keep up on the road. It was the best.

 

[Akiyama_AE]

I wish this were a game.

I wish some character in a game would run like that lol..

 

[Hot Coldman]

 

[lazygecko]

Treasure Master strut immediately came to mind, but I had somehow completely forgotten about smug-as-fuck Pac-Man. This wins, hands down.

There's so many of them

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

Another for Flashback, shit was ridiculous for the time and is still one of the best. It just looks natural. It's amazing that so many games still make janky ass running animations.

 

[SinShep]

Dark Souls 2. Looks so much better than DS1's

 

[Drilbit777]

No mention to the walking/running animations of Assassins Creed Unity? What kind of flop thread!

Spoiler

Just focus on Arno and not the people pop-in, couldn't find better ones T_T

!!!

Also special mention to the Skells walking + transforming animations...

Ummm yeah, work it baby!

Oh, and

That xenoblade skells animation is so smooth. I love it

 

[Rheon]

Flashback

That stopping animation is beautiful.

 

[ubercheez]

Okami's "stuff growing behind you as you run" animation is just beautiful. I spent so much time running around aimlessly.

 

[SprachBrooks]

One and done. The animations in this game are unmatched in anything I've seen before.

 

[Pizza]

gaf i am disappoint

 

[M0nochromatic]

Warframe's sprinting animation isn't very grand by itself, but it transitions well into rolling, sliding, and jumping.

Gif 1

Gif 2

 

[Saikyo]

The GOAT run animation.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Metal Gear Solid V is good but the speed of it makes it a bit silly at times

Not to mention that Snake doesn't shift his weight at all when turning.


Definitely wouldn't call it the best. FFXV has some of the best character animation ever.

 

[exfatal]

Just remembered Bowser new running animation in smash is the best thing tha has happend to him.. runs with such strength and force

 

[SomTervo]

Gabriel Logan, Syphon Filter.


.gifs when I get off work.

Haha, yes! So absurdly brilliant.

Battlefield 4 it's pretty good

This is great.

Dead Island's 3rd person mode.

Lmao - very similar to Mirror's Edge's one. Classic FPS-optimised animations.

 

[retroman]

Impossible Mission's running animation blew my mind when I saw it for the first time on the good old Commodore 64. It looked so realistic!

 

[sjay1994]

I was going to say this as well. Running as Big Boss feels and looks weighty and it's super impressive.

Guy runs at 30kmph

and he never tires out + runs at the same speed while carrying someone.

Greatest Soldier in the world.

 

[HueyFreeman]

Flashback

My man - I came with the link copied and everything :b

Feel free to avatar quote

Bow down to the paul cuisset of yore - now, not so much

 

[Arjac]

I know its been outdone by this point, but lost planet had really good looking animations for its time

Dead Island's 3rd person mode.

I'll raise you

 

[TheKastorian]

Metal Gear Solid 5

Aaaand we're done.

 

[jett]

No doubt, this is the greatest.

 

[Kinyou]

LA Noir and that lovely stair animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbzhpgpb5r0

Metal Gear Solid V is good but the speed of it makes it a bit silly at times

The downside of upgrading the bionic arm

 

[CrichtonKicks]

What's this?